Ben Goldberg - Plague Diary Selections, Vol. 1 (2024) [Official Digital Download]

Like many musicians, when the coronavirus hit in March I lost all my work in a matter of days. I had a complicated schedule for March and April, filled with tours, festivals, and local concerts, and it all evaporated very fast. Along with losing all my paying work, I was left with the question, what about the work of art? Something tells me art will be fine, even though humans are in trouble at the moment. But right now art is precluded from its important work of gathering us together. So musicians are in a weird situation. In the initial shock my thought was, I don't know what to do but I can record music at home. So on March 19 2020 I began recording a new song every day and posting them to this album. The philosophy is "use what you've got" (is there ever another option?) – for me that means clarinets, a synthesizer I can't figure out, and rudimentary recording ability. Because it's a diary I am trying to use the recording process as a sketchbook, and an opportunity to mess around. ("Don't forget to mess around." – Steve Lacy)


TRACKLIST

1. Ben Goldberg - February 18 2021 - Dedication to H Bolles and J MacKenzie
2. Ben Goldberg - September 12 2020 - Dedication to Hamir Atwal
3. Ben Goldberg - September 10 2020 - Dedication to Ethan Goldberg
4. Ben Goldberg - June 20 2020 - Dedication to Eldon Bradfield
5. Ben Goldberg - October 12 2020 - Dedication to Yuka Honda
6. Ben Goldberg - July 9 2020 - Dedication to Chris Lightcap
7. Ben Goldberg - October 15 2020 - Dedication to Allison Miller
8. Ben Goldberg - February 2 2021 - Dedication to Steve Cardenas
9. Ben Goldberg - August 21 2020 - Dedication to Molly Barker
10. Ben Goldberg - May 11 2020 - Dedication to Carmen Rothwell
11. Ben Goldberg - September 22 2020 - Dedication to Sam Amidon
12. Ben Goldberg - September 13 2020 - Dedication to Jordan Glenn
13. Ben Goldberg - May 13 2020 - Dedication to Dean Young
14. Ben Goldberg - April 7 2020 - Daniel in the Lion's Den - Dedication to Bessie Jones
15. Ben Goldberg - July 6 2020 - Dedication to Todd Sickafoose
16. Ben Goldberg - February 21 2021 - Dedication to Casio Jonah Coleman



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